Press ReleasesProjection Summit Early Bird Registration Expires April 14 April 11, 2006 - Save $100 on registration for the Projection Summit by registering by this Friday! To register click on the link below! http://registration.expoexchange.com/ShowINF061/PSWeb.aspx After April 14 registration will increase from $995 to $1,095. Projection Summit, the premier event for leaders in the projection industry, has both expanded its scope and upgraded its format this year. The Summit now covers competitive technologies such as LCD and PDP - analyzing both technical and market competitiveness with projection technology. Discussion panels comprised of expert industry analysts will comment on and debate the content of company presentations in several major sessions. The new Summit promises to be both informative and exciting. Exhibit space at the conference is available for $1,000 and would-be exhibitors are urged to sign up quickly as space is limited. Exhibitors can effectively reach industry movers and shakers in a relaxed atmosphere as the exhibits are immediately accessible to the conference presentations and are located where breaks and the reception occur. Exhibitors also receive a 20% discount on attendee registration fees. To exhibit at the conference contact Adrienne Hefter at ahefter@mcgweb.com or call 650-323-1179. Projection Summit TopicsThe fifth annual Projection Summit Conference, June 5-6, in Orlando Florida will focus on eight key topics for the industry. Business, market and technology leaders from the projection and flat-panel display industry will meet with market analysts and display industry experts to discuss what each player is doing to improve projection competitiveness and how the industry can work together to sustain growth and success as the flat-panel products get better and cheaper. Sessions on Monday, June 5 are: Lamps, Lasers and LEDs - LED illumination made a big splash at CES this year with multiple brands showing microdisplay-based rear-projection TV with LED illumination to provide better color gamut and longer life. Laser illumination has come center stage with the announcement by Seiko Epson that it has agreed to team with Novalux to bring laser illumination to projection, promising even better color gamut than LEDs. Meanwhile, UHP lamps remain the standard incumbent technology from a cost standpoint. What does the future hold for illumination of projection systems? Projection Design - To remain competitive with LCD and PDP products, projection products will need to find ways to cope with 15% to 20% annual price reductions over the next few years. Can cost reductions keep pace with price reductions? What are the plans of the major imager providers, key optical component providers and engine makers to address this challenge? What technical, manufacturing and supply chain management improvements are underway? Innovation in Screen Technology - Screens are a key potential avenue for delivering improved performance to consumers for TVs. How will screen technology improve in the near term to aid competitiveness of projection systems, especially in front projection applications where poor contrast is a big concern? Projection/LCD/PDP - Capabilities and Competition - Both front and rear-projection technologies face increasingly tough competition from PDP and LCD displays. What are the prospects for these three technologies as they battle it out in the big-screen TV market? What improvements are coming in all three technologies that will change the competitive landscape? And how will the marketing efforts of the brands affect the relative competitiveness of these three technologies? Monday evening will have a reception to allow networking in a comfortable and relaxed environment. Lunches both days also provide another opportunity to meet industry insiders. Sessions on Tuesday, June 6 are: New Projection Markets - With traditional markets for front projection products increasingly approaching full saturation, and the rear-projection TV market already well established, what are the new leading-edge markets for projection technology? What new developments will be sparking penetration of new markets? Speakers here will address opportunities for LED and Laser-based TVs, pocket projectors, nano-projectors and very-low cost projectors. There is much excitement about this session as each opportunity can reinvigorate the projection segment. Image Processing Trends - The developers of the media processors used in projectors and flat panels are at the center of industry-wide effort to improve image quality on two fronts: minimizing problems associated with scaling and de-interlacing source images, and processing video signals to get the best out of each display technology. Several of these chip companies are well down the path toward developing a battery of image quality metrics. They will also discuss what is being done today in electronics and what the future holds. Digital Signage Opportunity - Digital signage represents a large and growing opportunity, not only for projection displays, but also LCDs, PDPs and other large-area display technologies. Digital signage is undergoing a series of dramatic changes. What are the key drivers in the market for digital signage? How can the display industry capitalize on this growing marketplace? Changing Channels - Projection products, along with their competitors such as LCD and PDP, are sold to consumers and businesses through a number of different types of channels. These include the professional audio-visual companies, home entertainment system installers, big box retailers, the web, and crossover channels like Office Depot who sell to small businesses and do-it-yourselfers for home entertainment installation. These channels continue to innovate in reaching customers, and are increasingly competing with each other in efforts to increase their sales. What are the future prospects for these different channels and how can customers most effectively be reached? How can the display industry better serve these channels to increase its share versus other technologies? A preliminary agenda for Projection Summit 2006 is viewable at: http://www.projectionsummit.com Following the Projection Summit, attendees can close out the day at the annual InfoComm Manufacturers Forum, Opening Reception, and Awards Banquet. More information on the InfoComm exhibition, which features over 10,000 audiovisual communications products and services, as well as events and courses, is available at http://www.infocommshow.org. FREE complimentary InfoComm show floor passes are available to Projection Summit attendees at http://www.projectionsummit.com/registration.htm. Gold Sponsors include: Silver Sponsors: Media Sponsors are: For information about PS06 sponsorships, please contact: Annmarie Gabisch For information about exhibiting, please contact: Adrienne Hefter |
